Portal Road departing downtown Portal (view W) |
Portal Road (view W) |
Portal Road approaching Jasper House (view W) |
Portal Road at Jasper House (view W) |
Portal Road sign: Caution, curve left ahead (view W) |
Portal Road ends, Paradise right, Cave Creek left (view W) |
Cave Creek Road (view SW) |
Entering Coronado National Forest (view SW) |
Poorwill on Cave Creek Road |
Cave Creek Road at turnoff to Cave Creek Ranch (view S) |
Cave Creek Road (view SW) |
Ranger Station (on-street parking) |
Ranger Station (view from off-street parking) |
Ranger Station information sign |
Ranger Station birder information cork board |
Acorn Woodpecker on a hummingbird feeder at Ranger Station |
Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay at the Ranger Station |
Parking along Cave Creek Road: listen here for the chatter of Elf Owls |
Information sign along Cave Creek Road |
Pull-out along Cave Creek to stop and bird (view SW) |
Paved Cave Creek Road (view SW) |
Turnoff to unpaved South Fork Road (view S) |
Information signs and outhouse at the fork (view S) |
South Fork Road (view SW) |
South Fork Road (view SW) |
South Fork Road (view SW) |
South Fork Road just below the bridge (view SW) |
South Fork Road approaching South Fork Bridge (view SW) |
Birders working the trees |
This Cottonwood Tree was full of little birds |
Elegant Trogon seen from the bridge |
Don't overlook other special creatures: Mexican Fox Squirrel |
Stream above the bridge (view S) |
Trailhead parking at end of South Fork Road (view SW) |
Start of South Fork Trail (view SW) |
The official trail starts to the right (view SW) |
Use-trail starts up the wash (view SW) |
Birder on South Fork Trail (view SW) |
Watch for more than birds: White-tailed Deer (view W) |
South Fork Trail crosses a small stream (view SW) |
Interesting plants along the way: mountain yucca (Yucca madrensis) |
Lots of Acorn Woodpeckers in the woods; this one at a nest hole |
Birder passing through the historical South Fork Picnic Area (view SW) |
Birder exiting the historical South Fork Picnic Area (view SW) |
Birder on South Fork Trail (view SW) |
Cave Creek flowing along South Fork Trail (view SW) |
Birder at Chiricahua Wilderness boundary sign (view SW) |
Birder on South Fork Trail crossing Cave Creek (view S) |
Birder on South Fork Trail crossing Cave Creek again (view S) |
Cool lizard: Sonoran Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus c. clarkii) |
Water in the South Fork of Cave Creek (view S) |
Water in the South Fork of Cave Creek (view S) |
Hiker on South Fork Canyon Trail (view S) |
The trail is well signed |
Nice place for a wilderness lunch (view S) |
Evidence of the fire |
Hiker returning down South Fork Canyon Trail (view N) |
Keep an eye out for our slithery friends (Black-tailed Rattlesnake) |
Returning to the trailhead (view N) |
Heading back down the road (view E) |